I've had five live-writing sessions since starting that, all on CSP.

In those five sessions, I've written 12,542 first-draft words.

Two sequences to go, and the chapter will be done, and I can begin editing.

Just thought you'd like to know... and if you'd like to see the first draft material, you ought to join my Patreon...

hint, hint.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XC9lQpbM9Y3jmJG27QHVXnGEJnKaYW2XoE6WkMlsLQc/

Writing begins at the top of the hour (7 PM Central) and goes until I get too cold to write or until I complete the chapter. I'm not -too- far from done.

There will be more live-writing the rest of this week, involving non-pony projects, although if people come by on Friday and ask for pony stuff they might get it..

I've been kicking this around for the past year in my head, and six weeks ago I began taking notes for it. If I do this I'd do it as a post-per-day challenge and see how long I could keep that up. That, of course, assumes there's interest, and that I can continue CSP and work on this too. Bad show to have a sequel to a never-finished fic, right?

Anyway...

Chapter One

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OK, so you may have noticed that in Chapter 10, the most recently released brick o' text, George Cowley proposed a Mission Twelve which could test a powered landing on Equus, on the premise that the skill was absolutely necessary for the future moon landing. The proposal was killed with extreme vehemence by Cherry Berry and Chrysalis because it was too dangerous, even on paper, to consider.

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Today I flew what has to be my most kerbal flight in Kerbal Space Program. (And, by the way, it had nothing to do with the CSP story- this is a separate game session.)

So, in this game session I managed to get three different missions at once that all required a Mun landing. I also had four tourists who needed an orbital flight above Kerbin, but not a ride all the way out to the Mun.

"Okay," I thought, "I'll unlock the three-man capsule and go from there."

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First, a plug for the dead-tree Maretian project. (To the best of my knowledge, this is being done at cost- at least, the numbers add up to about what a printer would charge for POD deluxe editions plus postage. I'm not getting anything out of this, or at least nothing has been offered. Those who want to comp me for my work, well, the Patreon and Ko-Fi links are in my profile.)

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-maretian-hardcopy-edition

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Tonight, beginning at 7 PM Central, I've decided to wrap up Kerbal Space Program Hard Mode- at least this playthrough. Just going to bring the Duna mission home so I can put together a video of the odyssey.

There are two reasons for this. The first one is the August Patreon vote got ONE vote- and it was for FTL. So for August I'll be working my way up through unlocking all the FTL Advanced Ed stuff on a new machine, beginning with Easy mode and then advancing.

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Here's a list of cards for a Changeling Space Program / The Maretian set for Secret Shipfic Folder, beginning with one made by FanOfMostEverything at a prompt:

PONY CARDS

The Martian
Male
(No species)
AU
Human, Astronaut, Crossover
Martian Isolation (Special): You may play Mark without attaching any Ships to him. Mark isn't discarded when he isn't attached to the rest of the shipping grid. This power can't be copied.

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I'm not dead, and neither is CSP.

I've posted the first section of Changeling Space Program Chapter 9 to Patreon. It involves Elytron, chief of Chrysalis's guards and the bug running things in the hive while she's being an astronaut, dealing with a couple of obnoxious, uninvited visitors with a business proposition.

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As promised in my last blog, it's now live.

Changeling Space Program.

In matching the tone of Kerbal Space Program, the changelings in general are going to be a lot less monstrous and more genial (and goofy) than normal. So will Chrysalis, to a lesser extent. And of course Cherry Berry is back.

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Beginning at 7 PM tonight (Central).

If you want to watch the words come out live as I type them into Google Docs, or if you want the pre-publication spoilers after the live-writing is done, you have to be a Patreon supporter.

https://www.patreon.com/KrisOverstreet

Tonight I'll be working on Changeling Space Program. Where I go from there will be influenced by comments from patrons, but CSP is going to be my strongest focus, for now.

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OK, based on the votes:

MONDAYS and WEDNESDAYS - Kerbal Space Program Career Hard Mode
SATURDAYS - XCOM Chimera Squad
All times 7 PM Central.

EXCEPT

SATURDAY, MAY 9 - KSP: CHANGELING SPACE PROGRAM MISSION TWENTY-THREE (plus Q&A)
That one will begin at 3 PM Central

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XC9lQpbM9Y3jmJG27QHVXnGEJnKaYW2XoE6WkMlsLQc/

So, I'm experimenting with livestreaming-kinda-sorta as a means of providing value for my Patreon supporters (http://www.patreon.com/KrisOverstreet ), but tomorrow I'm throwing the live thing open to any of you that cares to watch.

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Hello, everybody who enjoyed a certain crackfic back this past spring.

I mentioned in the comments of An Orderly Transfer of Power that I'd be looking at you all for favorites for the fic I was actually putting some effort into.

Well, now's the time. I've finally completed the next gigantic chapter of Changeling Space Program, with comedy and tragedy and pathos and yummy crunchy silicon chips. (As Pinkie Pie says, it's the copper inclusions that really make it.)

Go, read, and enjoy!

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Here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/38tpyyu3xsmrb4z/AAAaQh9Iz_olrWGT9b4mVa0xa?dl=0

Includes both the ship as designed in the spaceplane hangar and the Shuttle-type launch stack.

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I shouldn't have wasted time today on it with so much to do, but I just went into Kerbal Space Program and flew the missions and grabbed the screen-caps for the next chapter of Changeling Space Program.

I'll try to work on the thing tonight, but tomorrow is loading the van for my next dealer's booth at a convention, so the odds are good the chapter won't be posted until next week at least.

So, here are a few hints for what you can expect.

Rainbow Dash is 20% more astronauty.

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/16136618

I'm asking my Patrons to vote for what they want to see me work on in the coming year, especially January, when I'll have time on my hands.

The current options are:

(1) Changeling Space Program
(2) The Maretian
(3) Reference

(4) Mu Beta Epsilon (non-pony, X-rated, breast-expansion and transformation fetish)
(5) Lee Goes North (original alternate history novel project)

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First thing second, I'll attempt another live-writing session beginning tomorrow (Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016) at 7 PM Central time, and going on as long as I feel like I'm getting somewhere. This won't be another interlude- this will be work on the flights of Missions 13 and 14, the two tourist flights.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XC9lQpbM9Y3jmJG27QHVXnGEJnKaYW2XoE6WkMlsLQc/

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... well, technically not me.

Someone actually plumped for the top tier of my Patreon, partly to get a particular cameo in CSP, but mostly to get CSP moving again.

So, Haycartes' Pluperfect Method will skip at least one day per week. Tuesdays, at least for the time being, will be set aside for work on CSP. Those of you who are Patreon supporters will see a post tomorrow with a link to Tuesday livewriting on Google Docs.

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If for some reason you aren't reading Kris Overstreet's brilliant odd-couple science adventure/condensed history of spaceflight/footnote fiesta/narrative Let's Play story Changeling Space Program or the daily serial crossover sequel The Maretian, you may at least be interested to know that I did what I do best: I made a card out of the latter.

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